Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, and television judge. After singing in church during her childhood, she pursued a career in gospel music as a teenager.
Perry signed with Red Hill Records and released her debut studio album Katy Hudson under her birth name in 2001, which was commercially unsuccessful. She moved to Los Angeles the following year to venture into secular music after Red Hill ceased operations and she subsequently began working with producers Glen Ballard, Dr. Luke, and Max Martin.
After adopting the stage name Katy Perry and being dropped by The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records, she signed a recording contract with Capitol Records in April 2007.
LL Cool J, Nicki Minaj and Jack Harlow to MC 2022 MTV VMAs
thewrap.comLL Cool J, Nicki Minaj and Jack Harlow are headed to the 2022 MTV VMAs. The trio will host the awards show – MTV is calling them MCs – on Sunday, Aug.
28.The three music superstars will announce the show’s performers, presenters and winners. In a release Thursday, MTV described their MC roles as “an innovative and unique approach to the traditional ‘host’ gig seen in previous years.”Minaj won’t just MC; it was previously revealed that she will receive the Video Vanguard Award at this year’s ceremony – an award LL picked up in 1997.
Harlow is up for seven VMAs this year.Artists set to perform at the show include Anitta, BLACKPINK, J Balvin, Harlow, Lizzo, Måneskin, Marshmello x Khalid, Minaj and Panic!
At The Disco. Kane Brown will headline the Toyota Stage. The 2022 MTV VMAs air live from the Prudential Center in New York City on Sunday, Aug.
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